JACOB HEPLER
1745 - 1807

Jacob Hepler with his large family and many of his neighbors left Northampton Co. in 1785. They settled for a short time in Luzerne Co, Nescopeck Twp. Among taxables in 1790 were names like Henry, Casper, John and Adam, familar names in Western Pennsylvania, also Jacob,& Henry Hepler, a little later Henry & George Daubenspeck. This confirms the tradition of descendants of Christian Hepler that the Hepler's came to Luzerne Co. A part of Jacob Hepler's large family was recorded in this county in the 1790 census. There were two boys over 16 years old, Christian age 20 & Daniel age 18 years, five under 16 and one girl.

Jacob had evidently traveled ahead to Allegheny Co., bringing with him 2 boys under 16 and 4 girls, making a family of 7 boys and 5 girls. In 1792 Jacob helped in the defense of the frontier against the Indians. In 1796,he began improvement on his tract of land in Buffalo Twp., northeast of the Allegheny river, on April 7, 1797 He began his improvement in July of 1796. He had the land surveyed in 1802, found that James McCoy had a warrent for the same land dated February 23 1794. Do not know how the affair was settled, but Jacob was living on this tract or part of it at the time of his death.

Jacob Hepler lived on this Historyinal land in Armstrong Co. He perhaps was permitted to keep the part he had improved by 1802. In 1807 Frederick Shoop had 416 acres of James McCoy's land surveyed and encountered the same opposition as Jacob Hepler, but through some arrangement Frederick Shoop sold this land to the Harmons, Lunberrys and Blains Inc., including a portion of land occupied by Jacob Hepler. Buffalo Township became a part of Sugar Creek Township later. Jacob & Elizabeth are buried on White Oak Cemetery. A new tombstone was erected in 1941. A new Government tombstone was also erected at that time, states that Jacob was a pvt. in the 4th Battalion Pennsylvania Militia Revolutionary War.

Georg Jacob Hepler b. 29- Jun 1744 d. 1808
Elizabeth - b. 1745 d. 1809

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Source: The Hepler Family History, by Avice Hepler Morgan. First Edition, Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, 1986. Pg. 7-8.

    
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